Wednesday, 12 April 2017

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, today April 12, 2017 arraigned one Owen Njoku before Justice Sailu Saidu of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State on one court charge bordering on obtaining money by false pretence to the tune of Three Million, Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira (N3, 250, 000.00) only.The accused person allegedly collected the sum of Three Million from one Odigwe Cletus for the purchase of three plots of land situated at Ohia Ugiri, Igbo-Etche Rivers State which was later discovered to be false.

Serious crisis has engulfed the Great Overcomers Ministry Church in Abaranje, Ikotun, a Lagos suburb over an allegation of adultery and rape levied against one of the church pastors.

P M.EXPRESS gathered that the alleged sex scandal has put the entire congregation in disarray as some members have left in annoyance because the church’s General Overseer, a female was in the thick of the whole scandal.

Man City and Chelsea target Leonardo Bonucci has revealed that he loves the “passion” from the crowd in England and claims to be “fascinated” by the Premier League.

The highly-rated Juventus centre-back reportedly almost made the move to join Antonio Conte at Chelsea last summer and he remains a target for the Blues, while Man City are also believed to be interested.

A housemaid is assisting the Lagos State Police Command with its investigation after she was arrested for stealing her boss’ $10, 000 in Gbagada.

According to reports, Blessing Paul forced her boss’ room opened with a knife while the woman was at work. She was said to have handed the money to the house guard, identified as Daniel, who also gave it to a security man at another residence in the area.

The vociferous progressive muslim, Emir Of Kano and Former CBN Governor, Lamido Sanusi has yet again sought to speak meaning and reason into his conservative and seemingly intellectually disadvantaged northern brothers and sisters, charging them to learn from the commercially minded and productive Igbo people as well as other progressive southern tribes that have set the pace of development in the country and apparently left them (the north) behind.

The antigraft agency discovered the money today. $38 million, N23 million and £27,000 was found stashed in a home in Ikoyi, Lagos. The agency however did not disclose the owner of the home where the stashed money was found.

Janet Jackson has moved out of the London townhouse she shared with her Qatari businessman husband Wissam Al Mana.A removal team from Cadogan Tate was pictured carrying several big boxes and what appeared to be a giant picture frame out of the property on Wednesday.

The move comes shortly after it was revealed the couple’s five-year marriage has come to an end, just months after welcoming their first child together.

The Nigeria Railway Corporation says that the construction of the Lagos-Ibadan standard gauge rail would begin on April 14.

The Managing Director, NRC, Mr Fidet Okhiria, on Wednesday in Lagos advised those who had encroached on the NRC land to start packing their belongings, to avoid their property being destroyed by bulldozers.

“Those that are due for compensation will be compensated because it is part of the contract.

“But those who encroached on the land have to leave the premises as soon as possible because the constructions will begin on Friday.

68 persons have been deported by the trio of Ghana, Mali and Burkina Faso, this was confirmed by the Acting Director General, National Agency for the Prohibition of Traffic in Persons (NAPTIP), Mr Abdulrazak Dangiri today (Wednesday 12th April).

He said, 37 were deported from Mali, 25 from Burkina Faso and six from Ghana according to him, the victims were arrested by police in the three countries, handed over to Nigerian embassies and subsequently transported back home.

A cheating husband was killed in a 101mph drink-drive smash while taking his mistress home. Father-of-two Kadeel Newby, 23, was described as driving like Top Gear’s Stig before losing control of his Toyota Yaris in in Manchester, United Kingdom.

A media aide to the governor, Mr Semiu Okanlawon, said in a statement in Osogbo that the train would move from the Iddo Terminus of the Nigeria Railway Corporation, Ebute Meta, Lagos on Friday morning to Osogbo and return on Monday.

He said that those in the corridor of Osun through Lagos, Ogun and Oyo States could benefit from the free train offer, urging indigenes of the state to take full advantage of the offer.

Yesterday, Osaro Egbomrewen and Michael Eyeoekpe, were paraded before newsmen for allegedly strangling an Uber driver, Innevosa Emmanuel at the Ogba area of Lagos. They took his car and fled to Benin where they were caught.

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has again distanced himself from the Malabu oil scandal.

A statement issued by Jonathan via his media aide, Ikechukwu Eze read, “The allegations that former President Goodluck Jonathan received $200 million as proceeds from the Malabu Oil deal which were published on a gossip news site, Buzzfeed, and republished by a few other newspapers, is false in its entirety, and is one more in the series of fake news sponsored by those threatened by Dr. Jonathan’s continuously rising profile in the international community.

Outgoing Barcelona coach Luis Enrique turned on his misfiring stars after “reliving a nightmare” with his side’s 3-0 humbling by Juventus in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final.

Barca produced the biggest Champions League comeback of all time in the last 16, overturning a 4-0 first leg deficit by scoring three times in a crazy final 10 minutes to beat the French champions 6-1.

An Igbosere Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Tuesday remanded a 40-year-old bricklayer, Edet Imoh, in prison, charged with molesting a sex worker. Imoh is facing a two-count charge of unlawful sexual intercourse and stealing. The prosecutor, Sgt. Nicholas Akpene, told the court that the accused committed the offences on March 11 at 2.30a.m. on Awolowo Road, Ikoyi, Lagos.

Real Madrid striker Alvaro Morata has told the Guardian he spoke to both Chelsea coach Antonio Conte and Tottenham Hotspur’s Mauricio Pochettino about a possible move to the Premier League last summer.

Morata, who was strongly linked with a move to Chelsea, said he expected to work with Conte sooner or later.

A National Commissioner and member of the Information and Voter Education Committee at INEC, Mallam Mohammed Haruna, who briefed journalists after a meeting of the leadership of the commission on Tuesday, said the commission also decided to place the 205 affected officials on half salaries in accordance with the terms and conditions of service of the commission.

Haruna said the commission had referred the cases of a former National Commissioner and five former Resident Electoral Commissioners (one late) to the Presidency and the EFCC for further action and investigation.

The Nigerian Air Force has acquired two new Russian Mi-35M fighter jets, which will, among others, combat militant activities in Ikorodu, Lagos State, sources

It was also gathered that the military, through Operation Awatse, was putting finishing touches to its plans to launch an aerial offensive on Isawo in the Ikorodu area, believed to be the militants’ stronghold.

Sevilla boss Jorge Sampaoli has told The Sun he remains keen on finding a managerial job in England after losing out to Antonio Conte for the Chelsea job last year.

Sampaoli emerged as one of the front-runners to take over at Stamford Bridge in the wake of Jose Mourinho’s sacking last season, and met with owner Roman Abramovich in Miami in January 2016 to discuss his vision and plans for the job.

A whistle blower has helped the Economic and Financial Crimes commission uncover a whopping N4billion hidden in a former deputy governorship candidate in Niger State.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has uncovered the two bank accounts containing a joint sum of N2bn suspected to be the proceeds of crime. This was revealed in a statement by its spokesman, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren.

Uwujaren further revealed that the money belongs to a former deputy governorship candidate in Niger State. He further noted that the money was found based on a tip-off from a whistle-blower.